Contract Structuring
Which Law Governs Your Ukraine–EU Contract When Nobody Chose One
A German and a French company argue inside one system — Rome I. A Ukrainian and a French company do not: there are two sets of conflict rules, one on…
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Dispute Resolution
ICC or the ICAC in Kyiv: Which Arbitration Rules to Name in a Contract with a Ukrainian Company
The ICC Rules a Kyiv audience was shown in 2017 are two editions out of date, and the expedited-procedure threshold has moved twice — US$4 million for clauses concluded from…
Dispute Resolution
Ukraine’s 2017 Procedural Reform: What Changed for Cross-Border Disputes — and What Didn’t
In October 2017 Anna Tsirat said on Espreso TV that the judicial reform would bring consistency. Eight years on: arbitration cases were funnelled into the appellate courts, while foreign court…
Dispute Resolution
UNCITRAL and Ukraine: Which of Its Texts Actually Apply
UNCITRAL is the UN body that drafts international trade law. Three of its instruments already bind Ukraine: the Model Law behind the 1994 arbitration act, the 1958 New York Convention,…
Contract Structuring
The Hague Principles on Choice of Law: What They Change in a Contract with a Ukrainian Party
A forum clause is not a choice of law. What the 2015 Hague Principles say about splitting, connection and severability — and why a Ukrainian court and an arbitral tribunal…
Dispute Resolution
Derivative Action in Ukraine: How a 10% Shareholder Makes a Director Pay
Ukraine has had the derivative action since 1 May 2016, and it still works — but every article number written about it then is wrong now. Article 54 of the…
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